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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2018-6957

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.1, 12.x) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.1 and 8.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion, VNC must be manually enabled.

  • Published: Mar 15, 2018
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2018-6957
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.3
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.5
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vmware / workstation_pro 12.5.3 12.5.3.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.1 12.1.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.5.2 12.5.2.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.5.4 12.5.4.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.1.1 12.1.1.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.5.1 12.5.1.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.5.5 12.5.5.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.5.6 12.5.6.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.5.7 12.5.7.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.0 12.0.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.01 12.01.x
vmware / workstation_pro 12.5 12.5.x
vmware / workstation_pro 14.0 14.1.1
vmware / workstation_player 12.1 12.1.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.5.4 12.5.4.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.5.1 12.5.1.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.1.1 12.1.1.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.5.2 12.5.2.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.5.3 12.5.3.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.0.1 12.0.1.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.0 12.0.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.5 12.5.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.5.5 12.5.5.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.5.6 12.5.6.x
vmware / workstation_player 12.5.7 12.5.7.x
vmware / workstation_player 14.0 14.1.1
vmware / fusion 8.1 8.1.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.3 8.5.3.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.4 8.5.4.x
vmware / fusion 8.1.1 8.1.1.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.1 8.5.1.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.2 8.5.2.x
vmware / fusion 8.0.2 8.0.2.x
vmware / fusion 8.0.1 8.0.1.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.5 8.5.5.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.7 8.5.7.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.6 8.5.6.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.8 8.5.8.x
vmware / fusion 8.5 8.5.x
vmware / fusion 8.0 8.0.x
vmware / fusion 10.0 10.1.1